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Class, At-ten-tion!
Students explore alphabetical and chronological organization through geography. In this lesson on ancient India, students use computers to create and publish autobiographical time lines to illustrate important events in their lives....
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Studies of the Ancient World
Sixth graders, after taking a pretest, write a paragraph describing the difference between Athens and Sparta and write an article about the ancient Phoenicians, describing their contributions to world history. They compare democracy in...
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A Day In The Life
Students create an online newspaper documenting the politics and culture of ancient Rome. Using online tools and websites, they conduct research on ancient Roman politics and everyday culture. The informaiton gathered is used to create a...
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Draw Like an Egyptian
Students craft their own Egyptian art. In this ancient Egyptian art instructional activity, students explore Egyptian art and create their own work following the 4 guidelines presented in the instructional activity.
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Life in Ancient Greece
Explore ancient history and everyday life of ancient Greece. Learners will use Internet resources to research the culture of ancient Greece in order to complete worksheets regarding the topic. Topics include home, clothing, marriage,...
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My Pyramid - Preparing for a Journey
Students create a three paragraph paper. In this Ancient Egypt lesson, students write a paper about what treasures they would put in their pyramid for their Ka to take on its journey. They also do a hieroglyph or their name, a sketch of...
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Can You Save the Roman Republic?
Sixth graders review what they know about Rome. In this World history lesson, 6th graders pretend they are Romans and try to correct some of Rome's major problems.
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom: Those Ancient Greeks
High schoolers compare the treatment of men and women in Athens and Sparta. In this gender roles lesson, students research daily life in the Greek cities and create charts that compare the lives of women and men in both of the cities.
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Making Inferences
In this literature activity, 5th graders focus on making inferences. Students study 5 quotations from the story and respond to 2 short answer questions, drawing inferences from the information that is stated.
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Ancient India
In this social studies worksheet, students find the words that are related to Ancient India. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Where in the World is Egypt?
In this geography worksheet, students investigate the location of the continent of Africa and the country of Egypt by studying a map of the region. Students color the map and locate Egypt.
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Who Were the Mayans?
In this of early America worksheet, students unscramble the Mayan places, names, and terms on the right to the definitions on the left.
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Greco-Roman Origin Myths
In this Greco-Roman origin myths worksheet, students read a list of 7 commonly used terms. Students research the origin of one or two of these terms and write about and illustrate their findings. Example: atlas, Herculean effort, tantalize.
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Mayan Culture
Pupils use RAFT prompts to write about Mayan society. In this lesson on Mayan culture, students research and then explain the Mayan hierarchy and social structure. As a culminating activity each student will write a newspaper article...
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Anasazi/Mesoamerican/Andean: Time and Cultural Passages
Seventh graders role play the position of someone in one of six different civilization groups. They research the group's development, advancement and fall of their civilization. They create a presentation to share the information with...
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Ancient History
Students investigate the concept of water usage and conservation. The differences between modern and ancient practices are considered. They conduct research into the economic and social characteristics of ancient civilizations like Egypt...
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Geography of Early China
Students research and identify the primary geographic features of China. They investigate which features isolated China, and identify the significance of the Hwang River to Early Chinese civilizations. Finally, they research the Silk...
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Reflecting Culture Through Coins
Students research and recreate coins from ancient civilizations to determine how the imagery reflects the cultures which originally made them.
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Networking at Early James Fort
Students examine the impact of global trade on regional civilizations of the world after 1500. They research and analyze images of pottery excavated at Jamestown, and create a poster that presents information about world trade networks...
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Genetics for a Grim Future
Students perform a role playing exercise set in the next century after a nuclear war that destroys most of the present civilization. Groups of students act as genetic technicians making difficult choices concerning survival in this grim...
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Tutankhamen's Gift
Sixth graders identify the ancient "cradles of civilization." They compare cultures from different parts of the Eastern Hemisphere. Students describe various ways leaders are elected, appointed, or acquire power. They discuss ways...
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Egyptian Museum
Students explore ancient Egypt. Using a specified Internet site, students locate and describe the physical setting that supported early civilizations in Egypt. They explain the relationship between polytheism and the social and...
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Ancient Abstraction
Pupils compare and debate how an ancient Greek sculpture is similar to modern art. Then they orally describe the cultural contributions of early Greek civilization and their relationship to the modern world.
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Archaeological "Dig"
Students examine a mummy covered in volcanic ash and deduce facts about the mummy. They deduce how archaeologists are able to learn so much from the remains of those from earlier civilizations.
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